WWE: Flops of June 24th RAW

This week followed what was said to be one of the better RAWs of this year, and hence, going into the show, there were a lot of expectations from it. Traditionally, the South Carolina crowd is considered to be a ‘dead’ crowd, which put off quite a few fans before RAW even aired. Going into the show, the big buzz surrounded Lesnar’s attack on CM Punk, which paved way to the rumored and much anticipated show down between the two ‘Paul Heyman Guys’ at Summerslam. Also, last week, Henry cut possibly the greatest promo of his career, fooling everyone (including me for some seconds) before delivering the World’s Strongest Slam to Cena. So the question remained; what would Cena do? Did he get his retribution? What were the weak links on the show? Let us now see what were the flops coming out of this week’s RAW.

5. Lack of direction for Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho is arguably the greatest performer in the WWE, at least for the past few years. Even though he can out-perform almost the entire locker room, for the past few years, he has been involved in building new stars as he understands that his role in the company is currently limited to that. In a business where even 60-year-olds want to hold back the talent, Jericho is the one guy who steps up willingly to lose to newcomers and put them over. But ever since his feud with Fandango ended, the WWE management hasn’t come up with a clear direction for Jericho.

He was first used as a ploy to bring back Punk, but from then, he has been dilly-dallying in the WWE, and in one and a half weeks, he feuded with Punk, ADR, Ziggler, and now will face Ryback at Money in the Bank PPV. Of course, Jericho will end up putting over Ryback, but as one of the greatest names in the business, Jericho deserves a clear storyline and a good build. Let’s not forget the magic Jericho and Shawn Michaels created when they feuded couple of years ago. That’s what Jericho can do, provided he has a say in how a story plays out.

4. Sheamus makes Cody and Sandow look like fools, again!

This is almost a rehash from every episode. Why would the crowd care about Sheamus when he clearly bullies his opponents? And why are Cody and Sandow being booked like absolute jobbers? I don’t get how we’re supposed to be excited about Sheamus facing Sandow in a Dublin street fight! Sheamus has absolutely dominated both Cody and Sandow in the past couple of months, and we’re supposed to cheer Sheamus on? This week, Christian and Sheamus teamed up to take on Team Rhodes Scholars, but Sheamus single-handedly destroyed both his opponents to pick up the easy victory. I’ve felt bad for Cody and Sandow for a while, and if anything, Sheamus makes me want to change the channel.